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Ancient
ancient mystery cults
Ascending Node
astrology in antiquity
Author_Roger Beck
Autumn Equinox
Banquet Scene
Bull's Head
Canis Minor
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cognitive science of religion
comparative study Mithraism Christianity
Cosmic Model
Counterclockwise
De Antro
Descending Node
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Equinoctial Points
Follow
General
Greco-Roman mythology
HISTORY
Lunar Nodes
Mid Summer
Mithraic Community
Mithraic Mysteries
Mithraism
Planetary Houses
Proper Seat
RELIGION
ritual symbolism analysis
Roman religious practices
Soul's Entry
Spring Equinox
Star Chart
Star Map
Ultimate Sacred Postulate
Vice Versa
Winter Solstice
Zenith
Product details
- ISBN 9780754640813
- Weight: 900g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 23 Dec 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Roger Beck, a world authority on Mithraism, brings together his major writings on the Mysteries of Mithras in the context of the culture and religions of imperial Rome. In these studies he opens new vistas on myth making, ritual, symbolism, the role of astrology in the cult, recently discovered Mithraic monuments and artefacts, and the emergence of Mithraism and Christianity concurrently in the first century. Beck offers new introductions to his thematically framed groups of writings and adds six entirely new essays published here for the first time. These essays link his research to contemporary studies in cognitive science of religion and anthropology of religion. This collection will appeal particularly to scholars exploring contemporary aspects in anthropology of religion, astronomy and astrology, cults and myths, images and symbols, as well as traditional scholars of Greco-Roman antiquity and Christian origins.
Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada.
